committee and the maac so none of the policy options are fixed in stone yet but we hope to get your feedback from them. another project that our office has been working on is bike lanes and cycle tracks, and i know that the council remembers from earlier meetings that the city has plans to transform certain streets like market street and second street in order to make those streets safer and more desirable for both pedestrians and bicycles and after we heard feedback from the disability community about the cycle track installation in golden gate park our office saw the need and initiated a project to develop some accessibility building blocks for bicycle facilities and this project is necessary because the ada is silent on this area. it's a

new feature. there are no design standards for bicycle facilities, but we can use the ada as well as the draft policy right-of-way accessibility guidelines to develop some accessibility building blocks that make sense. some of the questions that have come up during the discussion is if you have a barrier or a buffer zone that separates a bicycle lane from a parked car then what should be the minimum width of the barrier or buffer zone so where a person with disaiktd has room to exit their car and travel to the corner crosswalk? another question is where do you put the blue zones, white zones, when have this type of facility? how do you fit para-transit boarding into the design and what does the bus stop look like with this different traffic and needs intersecting? so to

further that process the mta is hosting a workshop on monday february 25. they're going to be using the second street project as a working model to help us start to work with the community on some of those details, and our office as well as the dpw ada coordinate ors and provide assistance and it's an ongoing process. last i wanted to finish my report to also honor ken stein. at the last meeting he let you know he was retiring and yesterday was his last day with our office and it was good to hear from him today and to hear his message and we are going to miss him and i know that you will too. so that concludes my director's report, but at this point i would like

to ask heather kitel to go over the complaints we received last month and the request for service for accommodation that came in within the last month. >> thank you. >> good afternoon council. this month we received 102 inquiries. 85% were from the public and 14% of these inquiries were from city departments. our office provided technical assistance for 24% of these contacts. we also provided information and referrals for 66% of these contacts and we conducted service requests for 24% of the contacts. the topics of the inquiries were about service and support animals and disability accommodations and housing, businesses and education and

employment. contacts also requested information about affordable housing, benefits and case management services. people also called to report bed bug infestations. in the month of january we received three ada complaints, three curb ramp request, one request for accommodation. the request for accommodation we received was for an individual who are seakt concerns about the garfield pool and it's code compliantd but it did not meet the access needs of this particular individual. our office has been engaging in an interactive process with the individual to find a solution that works. all three of these complaints that our office received involved the homeless shelter system. there were reports of staff being unresponsive to the needs of people with non visible

disabilities. our office has been working with the human service agency to set up additional training to address these issues and that concludes my case summary report. thank you. >> thank you. okay. we will move on to item 10 which is information team of update of the muni system by roland wong who is excused absent today so we will get that report next month. we will move on to item 11 on any agenda item that were on the list today. do we have any public comment? >> hi. this is jessica lehman again. i am embarrassed in the director's report i was remiss of mentioning something in the

senior action report which was extend a sincere thanks and recognition on the mayor's office on disability staff and the installation of phone jacks in the sro's. i don't think through the land use committee and the first reading of the board of supervisors unanimously without all of their work, particularly carla and joannaa, for thinking through the issues and putting grab bars in bathrooms in sro's and working on the technical assistance manual which will be invaluable to make sure that property managers and landlords can put in the grab bars that work best for the buildings and seniors and people with disabilities that need grab bars so they're safer so thank you very much for all of your work. >> thank you. and this is

public comment for items that was not on today's agenda. thank you. >> hello. i am barry ed man. uc ed mand and i am a ambassador for 10 years today and today we losing a case worker who is going to work -- we prepared her to work with teenagers in san mateo and i told her around sro and the people like that how quiet she was through different situations should prepare her the young children how to be themselves, love themselves before they age and you can't change, and the idea that she was such a great case worker that she gave me paper accommodation to move to another location and sometimes in sro's we don't support -- we don't always report stuff that goes

in and i would like to say our sro's should be improved immensely through the mayor's disability council. i see that dust talked about the hope. i was at home six when it was riian white and i think it should be given much attention as hope and the shelter. sometimes there is sro could be like living inside a shelter. it's a hotel that is a shelter and i think for us to see -- i think with the physical assets, all of the new buildings they are doing the mercy building. we should put the people with the disabilities in first and leave space it's we need to get smart and where people go and how people live in san francisco and we are a beacon in the

light for the world in so many instances but we don't want to have the two tales of the city and people with disabilities in country and city and this is a great country as well as city and i am an advocate for myself and helps me live and you may not know i ran for mayor and i got a few votes. i think we spend too much money on politicians when we can make it easier. it's the elected officials that we have to all come out and san francisco is the city where people come and address things and get the world to look at, and my other thing is hopefully we will get a statute -- transgendered statute at treasure island and since we

have the statue of liberty in new york and have a statue at treasure island and of peace and we fought off aids and marriages and we can do this. thank you. >> thank you. is there anymore public comment? >> thank you. my name is michelle schultz and i forgot to mention before and you brought it up that not all disabilities are visible because i did have -- i am glad you brought up muni. the drivers -- mind% of them suck. okay. >> >> 90% of them suck. okay. i have to request being let off at the curb and also lower the stairs and i have had drivers look at me like "what's wrong with you?" and it's just rude

and i did report one of them and also i'm glad you brought up about the park, golden gate park. that's dangerous. and when my sister came to town -- because she drives me and we couldn't believe it. and i am sorry about ken stein. when i worked with him a little bit he's an excellent human being so i wish him well and thank you for taking the time to hear us today, and to reitderate how wonderful how sda is, senior disability action and to remind you about their upcoming town hall on social security. thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. is there anyone

public comment? is there anyone on the bridge line? okay. we will go to team 12 and correspondence. no. okay. discussion -- we will go to team 13. councilmembers any comments? announcements? ms. harriet wong. >> hi. i am councilmember harriet wong. i would like to make an announcement of the san francisco chinatown lion's club is doing a joint fundraiser for the very first time with the lion's eye foundation. every every district in san francisco has a lion's club serving their community. the fundraising is very important because the monies that are going to be raised will go towards a piece of equipment for the lion's eye

clinic. people with limited income can actually apply for free services such as cataract surgery. the san francisco chinatown lions is a very active club in their intake process, so we are intaking maybe six patients a month which is pretty good. of course there is going to be a wait list, but it's always good to at least check out the information. you can always google "lion's eye foundation or lion's eye clinic or i can be reached at my email. thank you for listening. >> thank you hair yatd. is there anymore? seeing that

there's no more announcements or anything else. don't forget about our next meeting next month which is march 15 same time in the same room which is city hall here room 400 from one until four. thank you guys very much and please enjoy african-american history month, and thank you to everyone today who voted. i will take this vote and i hope you will be proud. thank you. we're adjourned.

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i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater techniques. a lot of the work is content- based, has a strong narrative. the dancers have more of a theatrical feel. i think we are best known for our specific work. in the last 15 years, spending a lot of time focusing on issues

that affect us and are related to the african-american experience, here in the united states. i had heard of marcus shelby and had been in join his work but never had the opportunity to meet him. we were brought together by the equal justice society specifically for this project. we were charged with beginning work. marquez and i spent a lot of time addressing our own position on the death penalty, our experiences with people who had been incarcerated, family members, friends of friends. pulling our information. beyond that, we did our own research. to create a picture that

resonated with humanity. it is the shape of a house. in this context, it is also small and acts like a cell. i thought that was an interesting play on how these people make these adjustments, half to create home. what is home for these people? the home is their cell. people talk a lot about noise -- very noisy in prisons. that is interesting to me. looking at the communication level, the rise of frustration of being caged, wondering, where does redemption fit into the equation here? [singing]

i think both of us really believe the death penalty is wrong, and is flawed for many reasons. the list is as long as my arm -- about several others. we feel this is important for both of us, personally, to participate in the debate of this issue in a way that we can help people frame it for a conversation.

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